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Cheap fix floated for contrail plane vapour's climate impact

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Researchers argue contrails essentially double the amount of heating caused by aviation's use of fossil fuels.

The problem will be discussed at the UN climate conference, COP29 , in Baku for the first time.

Contradils form in the sky in the same way that your breath goes misty on a chilly morning .

Tweaking the flight paths of a handful of aircraft could reduce contrail warming by half by 2040 .

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